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    Stalin's Barber: A Novel
    Stalin's Barber: A Novel
    Stalin's Barber: A Novel
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    Stalin's Barber: A Novel

    By Paul M. Levitt

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    Avraham Bahar leaves debt-ridden and depressed Albania to seek a better life in, ironically, Stalinist Russia. A professional barber, he curries favor with the Communist regime, ultimately being invited to become Stalin’s personal barber at the Kremlin, where he is entitled to live in a government house with other Soviet dignitaries. In the intrigue that follows, Avraham, now known as Razan, is not only barber to Stalin but also to the many Stalin look-alikes that the paranoid dictator circulates to thwart possible assassination attempts—including one from Razan himself.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRowmanLittlefield
    Release dateDec 16, 2012
    ISBN9781589797727
    Stalin's Barber: A Novel
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    Paul M. Levitt

    Paul M. Levitt teaches in the department of English at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is also the author of Chin Music: A Novel of the Jazz Age and numerous books for younger readers and scholars.

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